Improvement in pork-packers  tables



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Pork Packgrs Tables. N0.I-55,2O1. Pafented Sept.22,1874.

- WITNESSES I INVENTOR THE GRAPHIC C0,?HOYO -LITNJ5X4I PARK FLACRNIKUNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

WILLIAM NOTTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORK-PACKERS TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,201, datedSeptember 22, 1874 application filed March 9, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM NoTTER, ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew, useful, and Improved Hog-Bench or Table for Pork-Packers, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming apart hereof, and in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my improvedtable; Fig. 2, a like view of the same when the wings are removed; andFig. 3, a cross-section in the plane of the line a" m.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

In preparing hogs for the purpose of producing packed pork a long narrowtable is usually employed, on each side of which the workmen arearranged. The hogs are caught and bled and then scaldcd and deliveredupon one end of the table. The bristles are then removed by one or moremen standing at each side of the table, near that end on which the hogsare delivered. The hogs are then turned over on the table, and thuspassed to other workmen who employ scrapers for the purpose of removingthe hair. The hogs are then rolled from the scrapers to the shavers, andthe latter, after performing their work, deliver the shaved hogs to theheader and gammer. The header and gammer performs his work and thenswings the hogs from the table. The men whose work it is to deliver thehogs upon the table can generally deliver them faster than the men alongthe table can perform their part of the work. If the number of men alongthe table is considerably increased, these men, when too many areemployed, are liable to be in the way of each other, and their work isthus impeded. In other words, only a restricted amount of work can bedone with advantage on the same table at the same time.

The object of my invention is to make a table at which either one or twogangs of men may be employed with advantage; and to that end it consistsof a table having a removable center and removable or folding lateralextensions, substantially as hereinafter described and set forth.

I11 the drawing, A represents the central part of the table. B is theremovable center, and O O are the removable lateral extensions. a a arethe legs. When the center is removed and the extensions applied, asrepresented in Fig. 1, two gangs of men may be employed, one gangstanding in the central opening and the other standing around the outeredge of the table, each gang facing the other. The hogs are delivered onthe end 6, the first hog being passed along one of the lateralextensions to the other end, and the next hog along the other extension,and so on alternately.

When the workmen are arranged in this manner a comparatively short tablemay be employed, and the workmen are not likely to impede each other intheir work.

When the center is retained and the lateral extensions are removed, along narrow table WILLIAM N OTTER.

Witnesses:

F. F. WARNER, N. O. GRIDLEY. I

